At a White House meeting Thursday, President Obama told Congressional leaders that he thinks it would be a mistake to set up a commission to investigate excesses of the Bush administration’s war on terror.
“The president said that given all that’s on the agenda and the pressing issues facing the country, that a backward-looking investigation would not be productive,” a White House official who attended the session said. “The president was very clear…that he believes it’s important that there’s not a witch hunt.”
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he asked Obama to release details about what intelligence was obtained from aggressive interrogations.
“The American people deserve to make their judgments about this national security matter based on a full set of facts,” Boehner said in a written statement.
According to Boehner, the president said further disclosures were being discussed by the administration. However, the White House official, who asked not be named, said the president made no explicit statement about a review. - Politico Story
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